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Effort to impeach Maine Gov. Paul LePage falls short
Associated Press ^
| Jan 14, 2016 1:59 PM EST
| Patrick Whittle
Posted on 01/14/2016 11:07:57 AM PST by Olog-hai
Critics of Maine Gov. Paul LePage failed to muster enough support to require a vote Thursday on an independent investigation that could have led to impeachment for alleged abuse of power.
Instead, House lawmakers voted 96-52 to indefinitely postpone debate after Republican leader Ken Fredette introduced a motion to pre-empt any action on the impeachment order.
A group led by Democratic Rep. Ben Chipman of Portland wanted to punish the brash and outspoken Republican governor for pressuring a school operator into rescinding a job offer to Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves. ...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: democrats; epicfail; impeachment; lepage; maine; paullepage; supersaturday
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posted on
01/14/2016 11:07:57 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
He was criticized just last week after saying out-of-state drug dealers with names like “D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty” sell heroin in Maine and “half the time they impregnate a young white girl before they leave.” He later apologized for the comment, calling it a slip of the tongue. He was forced to apologize for telling the truth.
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posted on
01/14/2016 11:16:46 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Olog-hai
LePage beat the rabid Democrats TWICE, and they can't believe it, so they tried to impeach him.
haha.
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posted on
01/14/2016 11:22:11 AM PST
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
To: Vaquero
Sounds like GOP presidential material to me
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posted on
01/14/2016 11:43:28 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Olog-hai
He’s done a lot of good things in Maine. He’s rough around the edges, which does not bother me, but upsets some folks. He grew up homeless in northern Maine speaking French....became a very successful businessman.
To: Olog-hai; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican; GOPsterinMA; Clintonfatigued; ...
Dem Coup D’Etat attempt ping.
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posted on
01/14/2016 12:10:28 PM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Vaquero
He was forced to apologize for telling the truth. I thought that was normal, nowadays.
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posted on
01/14/2016 12:12:05 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Impy
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posted on
01/14/2016 12:56:30 PM PST
by
GOPsterinMA
(I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
To: Olog-hai
"You know in your heart that what's going on around here is not right. Today follow your heart," she said. "Stand up for the Maine tradition." The people (especially politicians) that wanted to further their agenda by 'standing up for Maine traditions' were usually from somewhere else...
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posted on
01/14/2016 12:59:12 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
To: Impy
This was a total joke that wasn’t going to get past the State Senate. The moonbats were pissed LePage stopped their leader from getting a cushy job. Waah waah waah.
To: who knows what evil?
Who knew “following your (moonbat) heart” trumped Maine law ?
To: fieldmarshaldj
Lepage has expressed a desire to eliminate the sate income tax and THAT really upsets the commielibs — Particularly the teachers union
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posted on
01/16/2016 8:51:18 PM PST
by
Cowman
(As Jerry Williams used to say --- When comes the revolution....)
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